The Big Cheese Poutinerie on 17th Avenue has reopened after being shut down by AHS for five days in Calgary on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia

'Dead mice': Poutine shop on 17th Avenue reopens after five-day closure over health citations

A health inspector came across six dead mice on glue board traps in the kitchen, in addition to a dead cockroach and other public health violations

by · Calgary Herald

A poutinerie in Calgary’s Beltline has reopened, nearly a week after Alberta health inspectors shut the facility down following an inspection that revealed dead mice, droppings and an assortment of other Public Health Act violations.

A notice of closure that cited seven health violations was posted by an Alberta Health Services executive officer on Oct. 17 for the Big Cheese Poutinerie on 17th Avenue S.W.